Mara Takla Haymanot of Abyssinia

Mara Takla Haymanot of Abyssinia (860-919) was the king of Abyssinia from 916 to 919, succeeding Dil Na'od of Abyssinia and preceding Tatadim of Abyssinia.

Biography
Mara Takla Haymanot was born in 860 in present-day Lasta Province, north-central Ethiopia to the Miaphysite Christian Ethiopian House of Zagwe. He was originally a general of Dil Na'od of Abyssinia, and he married Masoba Warq, his daughter. Mara Takla Haymanot overthrew his father-in-law and founded the Zagwe dynasty, overthrowing the House of Solomon. His son Tatadim of Abyssinia succeeded him.